Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Supreme Court to hear Indiana voter registration case today

Indiana's strickest-in-the-nation voter registration law — one that requires requires anyone voting in person to present a current government photo ID — will be challenged in the United States Supreme Court today.

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Wed., Jan. 9, 2008 — U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Indiana Democratic
Party v. Todd Rokita and William Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
cases.

America’s Exhibit Number One: an article in the Washington Times which
begins, "voter turnout among Democrats improved slightly last year in Indiana,
despite a new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls
..." It goes on to describe a University of Missouri report that found Indiana's
voter turnout increased about two percentage points, with the highest percentage
of Democrats. Photo ID law didn't hurt turnout in Indiana By Stephen Dinan, November 27, 2007

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